Descrizione
The article presents some preliminary considerations and outcomes of a research programme
conducted within the project Eduka2. The investigations brought to light the need of a new or –
at least – renewed educational model in the multilingual border area between Italy in Slovenia.
Both communities (the Slovenian in Italy and the Italian in Slovenia) have already established
their own schooling system with the minority language used as the vehicular language in the
education processes. Even though this model seems to be the most successful and efficient in
ensuring the development of the speakers’ communication competence, many studies have
shown its limits – these limits are now confirmed also by the data collected within the project
Eduka2. The article presents some open sociolinguistic issues that could have a negative impact
on the maintenance of the minority languages, and suggests a possible solution with an upgrade
of the existing schooling model.